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{{Short description|Head of government of Sindh}}
{{Use Indian English|date= June 2026}}
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{{Infobox political post
| post = Chief Minister
| body = Sindh
| insignia = CM Sindh Logo.png
| insigniasize = 150px
| insigniacaption = Seal of Chief Minister of Sindh
| flag = Flag of Sindh.svg
| flagsize = 120px
| flagcaption = Provincial Flag of Sindh
| image =
| imagesize =
| incumbent =
| incumbentsince = Vacant
| department = [[Government of Sindh]]
| style = His Excellency
| member_of = {{bulleted list|[[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]]|Cabinet of Sindh}}
| reports_to = {{bulleted list|[[Governor of Sindh]]|Provincial Assembly of Sindh}}
| residence = Chief Minister House, [[Karachi]]
| seat = [[Karachi]]
| predecessor =
| appointer = [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]]
| termlength = Five years
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Pakistan]]
| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1947|8|23}}
| inaugural = [[Muhammad Ayub Khuhro]]
| website = {{URL|cm.sindh.gov.pk}}
}}

'''Chief Minister of Sindh''' functions as the elected head of government of Sindh, serving in conjunction with the Chief Secretary. The Chief Minister holds the position of provincial government leadership alongside the Chief Secretary and is elected by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh. The officeholder serves as the leader of the provincial Legislature and operates from the Chief Minister's Secretariat, which is located in Karachi, the capital of Sindh province.
== List of premiers (pre-partition) ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!align=center|Name of Premier (pre-partition)
!align=center|Entered office
!align=center|Left office
!align=center|Political party/Notes
|-
|1
|[[Ghulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah]]
|28 April 1937
|23 March 1938
|Muslim People's Party
|-
|2
|[[Allah Bux Soomro]]
|23 March 1938
|18 April 1940
|[[Sind Ittehad Party]]
|-
|3
|[[Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur]]
|18 April 1940
|7 March 1941
|[[All-India Muslim League]]
|-
|(2)
|[[Allah Bux Soomro]]
|7 March 1941
|14 October 1942
|[[Sind Ittehad Party]]
|-
|(1)
|[[Ghulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah]]
|14 October 1942
|14 August 1947
| Muslim People's Party
|}

== List of chief ministers of Sindh ==

List of all those who served as chief ministers of Sindh as follows<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm#Sind|title=List of Chief Ministers of Sind|publisher=worldstatesmen.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmsindh.gov.pk/history.htm|title=List of Chief Ministers of Sind|publisher=Government of Sindh}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="clear:right; text-align:center"

|-
! No.
! Portrait
! style="width:23%;"|Name of Chief Minister
! colspan="3" style="width:10%;" |Term of office
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
|1
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Muhammad Ayub Khuhro]]
|16 August 1947
|28 April 1948
|{{age in years and days|1947|08|16|1948|04|28}}
|[[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Pakistan Muslim League]]
| style="background-color: #008000;" |
|-
|2
|[[File:Pir Ilahi Bux.jpg|70px]]
|[[Pir Ilahi Bux]]
|3 May 1948
|4 February 1949
|{{age in years and days|1948|05|03|1949|02|04}}
| [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Pakistan Muslim League]]
| style="background-color: #008000;" |
|-
|3
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Yusuf Haroon]]
|18 February 1949
|7 May 1950
|{{age in years and days|1949|02|18|1950|05|07}}
|[[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Pakistan Muslim League]]
| style="background-color: #008000;" |
|-
|4
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Qazi Fazlullah Ubaidullah]]
|8 May 1950
|24 March 1951
|{{age in years and days|1950|05|08|1951|03|24}}
|[[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Pakistan Muslim League]]
| style="background-color: #008000;" |
|-
|(1)
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Muhammad Ayub Khuhro]]
|25 March 1951
|29 December 1951
|{{age in years and days|1951|03|25|1951|12|29}}
|[[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Pakistan Muslim League]]
| style="background-color: #008000;" |
|- bgcolor=Gold
| colspan="9" |'''Governor's rule 29 December 1951 — 22 May 1953 ({{age in years and days|1951|12|29|1953|05|22}})'''
|-
|5
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Abdul Sattar Pirzada|Pirzada Abdul Sattar]]
|22 May 1953
|8 November 1954
|{{age in years and days|1953|05|22|1954|11|08}}
|[[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Pakistan Muslim League]]
| style="background-color: #008000;" |
|-
|(1)
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Muhammad Ayub Khuhro]]
|9 November 1954
|13 October 1955
|{{age in years and days|1954|11|09|1955|10|13}}
|[[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Pakistan Muslim League]]
| style="background-color: #008000;" |
|- bgcolor=Gold
| colspan="9" |'''Post abolished 13 October 1955 — 30 June 1970 ({{age in years and days|1955|10|13|1970|06|30}})'''
|- bgcolor=Gold
| colspan="9" |'''[[Yahya Khan|Martial law]] 1 July 1970 — 1 May 1972 ({{age in years and days|1970|07|01|1972|05|01}})'''
|-
|6
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Mumtaz Ali Bhutto]]
|1 May 1972
|20 December 1973
|{{age in years and days|1972|05|01|1973|12|20}}
|[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #000000;" |
|-
|7
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi]]
|25 December 1973
|5 July 1977
|{{age in years and days|1973|12|25|1977|07|05}}
|[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #000000;" |
|- bgcolor=Gold
| colspan="9" |'''[[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Martial law]] 5 July 1977 — 6 April 1985 ({{age in years and days|1977|07|05|1985|04|06}})'''
|-
|8
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Ghous Ali Shah]]
|6 April 1985
|6 April 1988
|{{age in years and days|1985|04|06|1988|04|06}}
|[[Pakistan Muslim League]]
| style="background-color: #008000;" |
|-
|9
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Akhtar Ali Ghulam Qazi]]
|11 April 1988
|24 June 1988
|{{age in years and days|1988|04|11|1988|06|24}}
|[[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]]
|style="background-color: #1a7647;" |
|- bgcolor=Gold
| colspan="9" |'''[[Rahimuddin Khan|Governor's rule]] 24 June 1988 — 31 August 1988 ({{age in years and days|1988|06|24|1988|08|31}})'''
|-
|10
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Akhtar Ali Ghulam Qazi]]
|31 August 1988
|2 December 1988
|{{age in years and days|1988|04|11|1988|06|24}}
|[[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]]
|style="background-color: #1a7647;" |
|-
|11
|[[File:Syed Qaim Ali Shah (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Qaim Ali Shah]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/412402|title=Qaim Ali Shah takes oath as Sindh chief minister|date=2008-04-08|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref>
|2 December 1988
|25 February 1990
|{{age in years and days|1988|12|02|1990|02|25}}
|[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #000000;" |
|-
|12
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Aftab Shaban Mirani]]
|25 February 1990
|6 August 1990
|{{age in years and days|1990|02|25|1990|08|06}}
|[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #000000;" |
|-
|13
|[[File:Nawab Jam Sadiq Ali Khan .jpg|75px]]
|[[Jam Sadiq Ali]]
|6 August 1990
|5 March 1992
|{{age in years and days|1990|06|06|1992|03|05}}
|[[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]]
|style="background-color: #1a7647;" |
|-
|14
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Muzaffar Hussain Shah]]
|6 March 1992
|19 July 1993
|{{age in years and days|1992|03|06|1993|07|19}}
|[[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]]
|style="background-color: #1a7647;" |
|-
|15
|[[File: CM Sindh Logo.png|75px]]
|[[Syed Ali Madad Shah]]
|19 July 1993
|21 October 1993
|{{age in years and days|1993|07|19|1993|10|21}}
|[[Caretaker government|Caretaker]]
|-
|16
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Syed Abdullah Ali Shah]]
|21 October 1993
|6 November 1996
|{{age in years and days|1993|10|21|1996|11|06}}
|[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #000000;" |
|-
|(6)
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Mumtaz Bhutto]]
|7 November 1996
|22 February 1997
|{{age in years and days|1996|11|07|1997|02|22}}
|[[Sindh National Front ]] (Caretaker)
|style="background-color: #FF0000;" |
|-
|17
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Liaquat Ali Jatoi]]
|22 February 1997
|30 October 1998
|{{age in years and days|1997|02|22|1998|10|30}}
|[[Pakistan Muslim League]]
|style="background-color: #008000;" |
|- bgcolor=Gold
| colspan="9" |'''Governor's Rule {{small|[[Moinuddin Haider]]}} 30 October 1998 — 17 June 1999 ({{age in years and days|1998|10|30|1999|06|17}})'''
|-
|18
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Ali Mohammad Mahar]]
|17 December 2002
|9 June 2004
|{{age in years and days|2002|12|17|2004|06|09}}
|[[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]
| style="background-color: #00FF00;" |
|-
|19
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[Arbab Ghulam Rahim]]
|9 June 2004
|19 November 2007
|{{age in years and days|2004|06|09|2007|11|19}}
|[[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]
| style="background-color: #00FF00;" |
|-
|20
|[[File:CM Sindh Logo.png|75px]]
|[[Abdul Qadir Halepota]]
|19 November 2007
|6 April 2008
|{{age in years and days|2007|11|19|2008|04|06}}
|[[Caretaker government|Caretaker]]
|-
|(11)
|[[File:Syed Qaim Ali Shah (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Qaim Ali Shah]]<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/655721-ppp-workers-celebrate-nomination-of-qaim-as-sindh-cm|title=PPP workers celebrate nomination of Qaim as Sindh CM|work=The News|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en}}</ref>
|6 April 2008
|''March 21, 2013 ''
|{{age in years and days|2008|04|06|2013|03|21}}
|[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #000000;" |
|-
|21
|[[File:CM Sindh Logo.png|75px]]
|[[Zahid Qurban Alvi]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/57108-justice-(retd)-zahid-alvi-sworn-in-caretaker-chief-minister-sindh|title=Justice (retd) Zahid Alvi sworn in caretaker Chief Minister Sindh|work=Geo News TV|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/799025|title=Sindh caretaker cabinet sworn in|last=Dawn.com|date=2013-03-30|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref>
|21 March 2013
|30 May 2013
|{{age in years and days|2013|03|21|2013|05|30}}
|[[Caretaker government|Caretaker]]
|-
|(11)
|[[File:Syed Qaim Ali Shah (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Qaim Ali Shah]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/556541/third-terms-the-charm-qaim-ali-shah-takes-oath-as-sindh-cm/|title=Third term's the charm: Qaim Ali Shah takes oath as Sindh CM {{!}} The Express Tribune|date=2013-05-30|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asianetpakistan.com/official-news/government-institutions/143337/qaim-ali-shah-sworn-in-as-chief-minister-sindh/|title=Qaim Ali Shah sworn in as Chief Minister Sindh : AsiaNet-Pakistan|website=asianetpakistan.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-29}}</ref>
|30 May 2013
|25 July 2016
|{{age in years and days|2013|05|30|2016|07|25}}
|[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #000000;" |
|-
|22
|[[File:Murad Ali Shah speaking on Coronavirus.jpg|75px]]
|[[Murad Ali Shah]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1274188|title=Murad Ali Shah sworn in as chief minister of Sindh|last=Mansoor|first=Hasan|date=2016-07-30|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/138625-Syed-Murad-Ali-Shah-elected-new-Chief-Minister-Sindh|title=Syed Murad Ali Shah elected new Chief Minister of Sindh|work=The News|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en}}</ref>
|29 July 2016
|28 May 2018
|{{age in years and days|2016|07|29|2018|05|28}}
|[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #000000;" |
|-
|23
|[[File:CM Sindh Logo.png|75px]]
|[[Fazal-ur-Rehman (bureaucrat)|Fazal-ur-Rehman]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/197722-fazalur-rehman-to-take-oath-as-sindh-cm-shortly|title=Fazalur Rehman sworn in as caretaker Sindh CM|work=Geo News TV|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://gulfnews.com/news/asia/pakistan/fazal-ur-rahman-sworn-in-as-caretaker-sindh-cm-1.2230647|title=Fazal-ur-Rahman sworn in as caretaker Sindh CM|last=APP|date=2018-06-02|work=GulfNews|access-date=2018-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nation.com.pk/02-Jun-2018/fazalur-rehman-sworn-in-as-caretaker-sindh-cm|title=Fazalur Rehman sworn in as caretaker Sindh CM|date=2018-06-02|work=The Nation|access-date=2018-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref>
|2 June 2018
|17 August 2018
|{{age in years and days|2018|06|02|2018|10|17}}
|[[Caretaker government|Caretaker]]
|-
|(22)
|[[File:Murad Ali Shah speaking on Coronavirus.jpg|75px]]
|[[Murad Ali Shah]]<ref name="GEOTV">{{Cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/207609-murad-ali-shah-re-elected-sindh-chief-minister|title=Murad Ali Shah re-elected Sindh chief minister|work=GEO>TV|access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref>
|18 August 2018
|17 August 2023
|{{age in years and days|2018|10|18|2023|10|17}}
|[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #000000;" |
|-
|24
|[[File:CM Sindh Logo.png|75px]]
|[[Maqbool Baqar]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-15 |title=Justice Baqar named as interim Sindh CM |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2430717/justice-baqar-named-as-interim-sindh-cm |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
|15 August 2023
|27 February 2024
|{{age in years and days|2023|10|15|2024|02|27}}
|[[Caretaker government|Caretaker]]
|-
|(22)
|[[File:Murad Ali Shah speaking on Coronavirus.jpg|75px]]
|[[Murad Ali Shah]]<ref name="GEOTV"/>
|27 February 2024
|Incumbent
|{{ayd|2024|2|26}}
|[[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|style="background-color: #000000;" |
|}

==See also==
* [[Chief Secretary Sindh]]
* [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]]
* [[Chief Minister (Pakistan)]]
* [[Government of Sindh]]
* [[Governor of Sindh]]
* [[Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
* [[Chief Ministers of Punjab (Pakistan)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]
* [[Chief Minister of Balochistan]]
==References ==
{{Reflist}}

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Adarshatva at 11:52, 30 June 2026